text: Learning to say goodbye to a happy singlehood #Relationship Advice#engagement#LGBTQ#proposing Updated Oct 12 2015 (Posted Feb 13 2013) Guest post by Red Photo by Kendra Rose Photography I proposed to my girlfriend early last December. I spent months organizing a big Hobbit premiere party, and cutting a fake trailer to show as my proposal. So when the girl of my dreams said yes, and everything went like it does in the movies, I thought that was the happy ending to my single-hood. Bam! You're engaged, it's what you wanted and worked for, proceed to have a bridal glow till you walk down the aisle! Right? Wrong. I felt like there must be something wrong with me. I wasn't as happy as I should be. I got exhausted when someone asked about the proposal or the wedding. I thought it might be that I had spent months on a huge proposal and was just tired. I wasn't disappointed in how the proposal went, and I had no reservations about my now-fiancée. But I still spent about 50% of every day wondering if I should call off the wedding. It was hard to watch my fiancee glow, and tell everyone all about this huge proposal that I was now convinced was a mistake. I knew I had no doubts about her. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her, she was going to be the mother of my children, our life seemed like a wonderful adventure stretched out before us. But I still couldn't feel the excitement it seemed I should. Lying in bed one night, sleepless and guilty, I started Googling "Cold Feet." Among the fairly unhelpful articles, there was one titled, "Mourning my single self." Upon reading it, I had such a moment of epiphany that I was surprised the choir of angels didn't wake my fiancee up. I wasn't unhappy with my engagement; I wasn't scared of the wedding or the marriage. I was sad that the awesome things I did when I was single were no more. One of the aspects of getting married is the goal of never being single again. And in seeking marriage, I hadn't said goodbye yet to a lifestyle that had been good to me. I was an epic single girl. I rocked being stringless and ringless. I never felt the need to be with someone, and so was only in relationships sporadically. It wasn't all great, but the good things outnumbered the bad. I loved using up all the hot water and leaving wet footprints around the apartment. I stayed up till god knows when, mainlining junk food and bad action movies. And more than anything, I liked the bar scene. Related Post The wedding proposal blues Despite the fact that my girlfriend and I have discussed marriage and I know she's going to say "yes" when I pop the question, there's... Read more I knew every bar in my college town, and took it as a compliment rather than a statement about my lifestyle when the bouncers waved me in with recognition. But bringing people home was now a game I didn't get to play anymore. More and more after my engagement, I found myself chiding myself for checking people out. "You're about to be a married woman, you're not supposed to want to flirt anymore." I needed to know that I could still draw someone from across the room, that they could want to spend all night talking to me knowing I might not go home with them. Almost in tears of nervousness one night, I told her my idea. I wanted to take her home from a bar one night. We would switch our rings to another finger, meet somewhere we've never been, and pretend to have met for the first time. I needed to know that I could still draw someone from across the room, that they could want to spend all night talking to me knowing I might not go home with them. I felt needy and horrible even asking, but thankfully my girl knew this wasn't a statement about her not being enough. She agreed and we waited for a good day. A few months later we put the plan into action and the night went better than I could have anticipated. I picked a divey jazz club we had never been to. The old excitement of going out to meet someone was there — I got my hair done, and tried on dresses I hadn't pulled out in a while. I walked into the club, spotted her, and headed back to the bar. A few minutes later, this gorgeous blonde in a Star Wars t-shirt and killer boots asked if she could buy me a drink. I found myself listening to her and engaging in the conversation more than I had in a long time. This wasn't like sitting next to her on the couch, plugged into two devices and making occasional comments about Portlandia. This was sitting together in a booth, being acutely aware of when our knees would touch, and wondering what she would do if I kissed her. I sat up straighter, tried to be wittier, and found myself falling for her all over again. And when we went home together, it wasn't just a matter of course, it was a mutual victory. I feel better leaving my single self behind now. The date went so well for both of us, we might do a repeat every so often just to remind ourselves we would still choose each other. And when people ask us how we met, while I'm telling the real story, I can say in my head, "She saw me across a dim jazz club and asked to buy me a drink…" Red Red is an aspiring children's therapist living in Dallas, TX. She is full of feelings, and it is usually up to her remarkably patient fiancee to help her deal with them. When she's not having feelings, she likes to craft, cook, generally Star Wars it up, and play table top role-playing games. PREVIOUS Tattoos and lace with an iceberg backdrop NEXT Rachel & Bo's rockin' red and black wedding Show/Hide comments [ 30 ] So good to hear this! I'm really happy that you've shared as every now and then I wish I had spent more time in the single life – even though I've met my chosen match, my irreplacable one. I sometimes wish I could go back to the chase, the game, the not-being- accountable-to-anyone – not because I don't love him, but I loved that too! I have to be careful to remember that it's not my marriage I regret, but the simple singleness that I miss. I even periodically have to ask my spouse out on dates or hesitate on a kiss to remind myself why all those firsts were magical and why we chose each other. Relationships, marriage – they can get like old jeans – and you know a girl loves a good cocktail dress. Reply Refreshing article on cold feet! Not a topic usually covered thanks for doing so. Reply Thanks for sharing. I so want to marry my best friend, but I have been freaking out since the proposal. Your story was brave. I've been afraid to tell him that I will miss my singleness. Your words are wise. Reply Thank you! I spent most of my 20s dying to get married. Then finally started really loving my singlehood in my 30s. I traveled, changed jobs, moved to the city, became everything I wanted to be and then bam! Mr. Wonderful shows up. Just when things were getting good… I love my future husband more than anything, but I must admit that I'm gonna miss being single. If anything, I wish I'd enjoyed it more when I had the chance. Reply Thanks for perfectly articulating how I've been feeling. I was perfectly happy single, stumbled upon the right guy way earlier than I thought I would, was super stoked to get engaged, got proposed to, then BAM! I feel all bad about not being able to do single girl stuff even though I hadn't really done that for the 6 years we've been together. Reply I agree it's strange to feel this nostalgia after you've been together long enough to feel like you've already left singlehood behind. But that ring is a physical promise of the future, and seeing the promise on my hand every day instead of an agreement in my heart is what brought it home for me. Even though we can't legally get married where we live, the agreement still means a lot. Plus a ring is what I always used to check for! Now I'm part of the no-no club! Reply I can't talk enough about how happy I am to be engaged to the man of my dreams, but I have found myself missing the EXACT things you mentioned…mainlining junk food, walking into the bar with excitement about what may or may not happen, the stomach flip of meeting someone new…. Thank you for this most excellent description and fantastic idea of how to bring that stomach flip back every once in awhile. Reply I was surprised at first that I related to this article as much as I did, because my fiance and I are a very very open polyamorous couple. I know I can get that fluttery New Relationship Energy (NRE) feeling, the thrill of the chase, whenever I very well please. I didn't understand why I was still getting nervous if that was the case… and you nailed it. It's definitely not about the other people. No matter what the marriage looks like, things are still going to change; I'm still going to be responsible for at least one more person than before; I'm still going to have to consult someone else about my life decisions and cooperate and not be alone. And that's scary. Reply I admit nothing. However, there is a distinct possibility that, the last time my husband was out of town, I might have gone out and bought beer, ice cream, and potato chips as my sole sustenance for the duration of his trip. Saying goodbye to one's single days does not eliminate the possibility of mainlining junk food. Reply So this! When my fiance is out of town I revel in frozen pizza. And lots of vegetarian food. Reply YUP. I'm a wicked introvert, and I really "recharge" by having the house to myself to do whatever I want. I try to explain this to my husband, but he doesn't get it. He'll retire to tinker around in the garage on a Saturday morning so that I can "have the house to myself"…..Not the same. I don't know how to say, "I need to be completely ALONE and unattached so that I can walk around in my bathrobe, doing nothing all day but watching Netflix, knitting, and eating copious amount of popcorn/ice cream/Coke and my hidden stash of Lindt chocolate. And it doesn't work if I know you could pop back to the house at any minute!" I had a few great evenings this fall, when sometimes he works until the wee hours of the morning trying to catch poachers…but once a week would be even better. Reply Super agree!!!! What keeps me sane is I work night shift 3-4 nights a week at a really high stress job, and he's a 9-5 guys who goes to class when he's not working to finish his degree. We sometimes have to schedule sexy time, etc, but what we lose in spontaneity we gain in me not freaking out and losing my ever-loving mind feeling trapped and caged in. Thank God he feels the same way lol… he gets his Netflix/ gaming time in while I'm at work, and I get silent house/ reading/ candles and incense burning in peace and quiet 🙂 Reply I like the jeans vs dress metaphor! It feels that way sometimes, and I actually wore a dress for the date that I've only worn once before. That, and the chase, is definitely something no one should have to hang up forever! Reply Great article! I know this is something a lot of engaged/newly married people go through. I'm currently reading Emotionally Engaged by Allison Moir-Smith and The Conscious Bride by Sheryl Nissinen, and they both focus on letting go, and that is it healthy to grieve the passing of your single self, in order to fully embrace your married self. They're not very offbeat in tone, but there's lots of good advice there. Also, they seem to be geared at women who enjoyed dating/the singles scene, and who have a close relationship with their family. I can't relate to either of those situations, but I have been able to take the advice and apply it to my particular situation. (For instance, replace "family" with "BFF" and bingo. My life right now.) I would recommend them for anyone going through what Red wrote about! Reply Thanks, I'll have to look for those! I'm feeling a lot better now, but they'd be helpful going forward. Reply Thank you for this post! I just got married, and while I love my husband and I'm happy that we're married, there are times when I miss singlehood freedoms. I'm happy, but it's definitely an adjustment. Reply Alas, I miss singlehood. Thanks for the commentary! Reply Ah, the single self. I mourned my younger, single self last night when I watched Girls S02E05 One Man's Trash. The whole thing reminded me of being 19-22 in general, and one tryst in particular with a mysterious older man. It was fun and exciting and then quickly turned sour. I had some fun, some bad, some weird experiences during those years – but I wouldn't change anything – those experiences made me who I am today. I do like the idea of the play dates – I might suggest it sometime… Reply Thanks for sharing. You hit a raw nerve with me. I was feeling like an ungrateful, spoiled fiancé for letting my mind go there. I feel normal again. I am still a separate person. No matter how awesome and perfect for me that my sweetie is, a huge life change will be subject to an adjustment in thinking and being. We are going from "me" to "we". I am glad that you brought it up, and shared. Amazing timing. Reply McKitten, I know exactly how you feel. I felt like such a needy bitch to ask this of my Fiance. But change is always hard, even when it's good change. The way I see it, needing to say a proper goodbye to your singlehood is just another way of showing your commitment going forward, not a sign of selfishness. I'm glad I could help, and don't beat yourself up! Reply You know, I do not htink you have to leave everything of your single self behind. My BF and I have been an item for more than five years, and just yesterday I flirted with the guy who had repaired the BF's ipad when I picked it up – just for fun and because that is how I roll. The BF knows and doesn't mind – after all in the end I come home to him. I go out with friends if I want to, and living together is mostly like living on my own – only there is someone to drag me to bed when I fall asleep on the sofa at night. Every once in a while we dress up and go on real dates, and every once in a while we stay at home, have pizza and watch crappy movies. (The BF was really afraid of moving in together, and was relieved when he noticed I did not mind him spending time at the pub with his friends. Or meeting his female friends. Or playing Xbox games till the early morning – as long as he still gets up in time for his day job.) Sometimes we have these weird thought about how our life will be as a couple – how we are going to do everything we saw grown-ups do as children, or everything we see on TV (going on couple dates, really??), or everything someone else tells us a couple should do when they move in together or get married. Yeah, forget it. Your life, your rules. Reply Ahhh, so many good things here – just another reason why I love the Offbeat Bride website for giving people a place to have an honest conversation about this major life transition of marriage. Thank you, Red for your insight that grieving singlehood just might be a necessary part of 'happily ever after.' Reply So happy to see an article on this! I went through the same feelings and emotions when I realized that my partner was the one I wanted to marry. It was hard and confusing, and when I realized that I was mourning my happy single times, it made it so much easier to move on. I met him far earlier than I expected to, and it certainly changed so much for me! It's so validating to see something like this in a public way. Thank you. Reply Another one here that is very glad to have read this article! I got married a few months ago, and I have struggled recently with accepting that my choices aren't completely my own. While I am generally super conscientious of other people's feelings, I have had a hard time accepting that I'm going to have to make choices and compromises that I may not want to make. Seems so basic and reasonable, and not something I expected to have a problem with at all. We've lived together for almost 3 years before we got married, and our relationship always felt super easy. There was no adjustment period moving in together. So it seemed to me that being married would be easy too, but there was something that felt like it shifted that has made me mourn being single and giving up some of my autonomy. Nice to hear that this is a normal part of it for other people as well. Reply Ditto, I am also getting married this June 29th. I have never been so scared or nervous about making a commitment in my life. I really dont understand. My fiancee and I have been together 8 yrs and living together 7. I was the one to ask her to marry me. I cant imagine her not being in my life, she is my best friend. Now wedding planning has become an instant anxiety attack :'( Reply Thank you, thank you, thank you for this! I have been feeling the same way and it is so good to see someone acknowledging this in such an insightful way. I too proposed to my fiancee so it feels particularly weird to be mourning the single me from the position of asking her to marry me. It's so nice to hear someone has felt similarly! Anyway, thank you again! Reply This is so wonderful, and although when I was upset I did know what I was feeling, I just didn't know what to do about it. What a fantastic idea! I'd like to try it but my fiancée is so stubborn and dead-set on "We are us now, there's no singularity" that I'm not sure he'll want to. (He doesn't even want to keep any sand in our individual vases from our sand ceremony. We're about to have an argument over it.) Eh, we'll see. Even if we don't end up trying it, it's so nice hearing that so many others feel the same way. Already feeling a bit better. Thank you! Reply Just wanted you to know they I'm revisiting this article as I patiently wait for my spouse (erm, a sexy stranger) to walk in to this jazz lounge. I left him a note at home saying 'Paul, meet me at the Palm Lounge at 9:00pm. Bring your A-game. Let's fall in love all over again. Yours, the Sexy Stranger at the Bar' Wish me luck!! Butterflies and nervousness galore over here! Reply Bry, don't leave us hanging! You can't start this story and not see it out to completion! Reply Thank you for featuring one of my photos on your website! 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Citizens for Sunshine files suit over bidding process for State Street project
A local citizens group is suing Sarasota yet again for what it says is a violation of state public meeting laws — this one related to the $7.3 million State Street parking garage project.
The evaluation committee in charge of ranking companies and awarding the construction contract for the garage met publicly in November. The committee narrowed the list of bidders to four companies, which did not include A.D. Morgan, the one that ultimately was awarded the project.
The group Citizens for Sunshine reviewed scoresheets ranking the bidders for the project and saw scores were changed and crossed out, according to a press release.
That is because purchasing department staff realized after the public meeting that A.D. Morgan qualified for extra points under the city's scoring criteria because it is a Minority Business Enterprise, City Attorney Robert Fournier said.
Instead of meeting again in public to change the math, a purchasing department employee called the committee members, who agreed over the phone — and out of the sunshine — to change the scores that were initially given in the public meeting, Fournier said.
A.D. Morgan moved into first place.
"I don't think they intentionally did anything wrong or were trying to hide anything," Fournier said.
For months people expressed concerns over the process that awarded the contract to A.D. Morgan, though no one pinpointed the Sunshine Law issue until Monday.
That is when Citizens for Sunshine filed a complaint and temporary injunction with the Sarasota Circuit Court and asked the court to prevent the city from taking any action based on the evaluation committee's recommendations.
"This week should be a celebration of the annual Sunshine Law Week. Instead, we are required to go to court to ensure that public business is transacted in the open and not behind closed doors," said the group's attorney, Andrea Mogensen, in the release.
On Tuesday, the city posted a public notice that officials will be reviewing and discussing the ranking process at 1 p.m. Friday.
Sarasota officials decided that holding an open meeting on the ranking changes, as they should have done initially, is the appropriate corrective action, said Fournier, who will also give commissioners a report on the situation when they meet Monday.
The city will have to wait and see if the citizens group continues its injunction after Friday's meeting, he said.
A lawsuit could stall the parking garage project, which the city is required to finish by 2015.
The garage will be located near Pineapple Square and will likely include about 400 parking spots as well as retail and commercial space.


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DR. HOOK- MI at risk? Heart attacks can sneak up
Six Feet Under is probably my favorite television series ever. The Fisher & Sons Funeral Home was not a fun place like a disco club or an amusement park, but it was a quite interesting. In the very first episode, Nathaniel Fisher, the father of the family, is driving his brand-new hearse and smoking a cigarette. His wife is on the phone with him, telling him that smoking will kill him. Then he's struck by a bus and killed while singing, "I'll Be Home for Christmas." What are the chances?
At the beginning of each episode, someone dies and makes it over to the funeral home. How they die is always– um— interesting. One lady sees pornographic blow-up dolls floating in the sky, runs out to see the "rapture" of angels, and is hit by on-coming traffic. One man is quietly eating breakfast when his wife takes a skillet, conks him on the head, and then eats breakfast.
With coronary heart disease (CHD) being the #1 killer of American adults, don't you think Six Feet Under would have shown more people dying of a good old fashioned heart attack?
The Framingham Study that started in 1949 showed the world that a lot of people with symptom-free CHD end up having a myocardial infarction (MI– aka, a heart attack). Hold the mayo, Mel! Yes, about 75 percent of people with ischemia don't have symptoms such as angina or shortness of breath during activities. Ischemia means a lack of blood supply to the heart muscle, so that the cells don't get their fix of oxygen and nutrients. Ischemia of 20 minutes or more causes an MI because the heart muscle cells start to die. All those suffocating cells– sounds so Titanic!
The lifetime risk of CHD for men 40 years of age is about 49 percent, for women at that age, 32 percent. Hold the bacon, Blanche! In the past, women didn't appear to have as much CHD as men, but now we know that 10 years after menopause, women unfortunately start to "catch up" with men. In fact, more women die of CHD than of breast cancer, though women worry much more about the latter.
Why do doctors– like me– nag and complain, "Don't smoke! Exercise! Come in for your physical exams and have your blood pressure checked!"? I have quite a few patients who always ask me, "Why do I need to see you on a regular–cough, cough, hack– basis? I can't eat my triple decker cheeseburger and fries if I have to fast for my lipid panel— burp."
Do you know that a diabetic person has the same risk of having a heart attack as a person who has already had a heart attack? With two thirds of Americans being obese or overweight, we are seeing a lot more people at risk for CHD. Hypertension (high blood pressure), high cholesterol, and smoking are big risk factors for developing CHD. With the exception of smoking, hypertension and hyperlipidemia are silent things that aren't detected without having them checked.
An EKG can detect if a "silent MI" has already happened– yes, believe it or not, not everyone knows when they have had a heart attack. Hold the meat, Martha!
Also conduction problems of the heart can be detected on an EKG. A good cardiac examination and history can also tip off the doctor to order a nuclear stress test to see if there is a chance CHD exists.
Yes, we all have to die of something, as Six Feet Under has demonstrated. Personally, I would like to die of a heart attack from the excitement of winning an Academy Award, but that won't happen in this lifetime. If Sissy Spacek is reading this, can I borrow your Oscar?
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my mom 's ecg shows inferior septal and antero septal mi readings. She is walking and talking, and occasionally has chest pains but otherwise is up and about. I thionk this is an old mi, or is there such a thing? Is it happening now?
my mom 's ecg shows inferior septal and antero septal mi readings. She is walking and talking, and occasionally has chest pains but otherwise is up and about. I thionk this is an old mi, or is there such a thing? Is it happening now?


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LA Chamber Orchestra's Feb 16 Baroque Conversations w guest John Schneiderman
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA'S BAROQUE CONVERSATIONS SERIES EXPLORES THE ART OF BAROQUE DANCELACO Principal Keyboard Patricia Mabee Hosts the Program,
Which Features John Schneiderman, Baroque Guitar;
Baroque Dancers Linda Tomko and Jill Chardoff;
Tereza Stanislav, Violin; Sarah Thornblade, Violin; Roland Kato, Viola;
Victoria Miskolczy, Viola; Armen Ksajikian, Cello
Thursday, February 16, 7 pm, at Zipper Concert Hall, Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) trips the light fantastic at the season's second "Baroque Conversations" concert, which explores the art of Baroque dance, its links to the court of Louis XIV and its intriguing social and political implications, on Thursday, February 16, 7 pm, at Zipper Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. LACO Principal Keyboard Patricia Mabee, who celebrates 35 years with LACO this season, hosts the evening, featuring renowned baroque guitar John Schneiderman and Baroque dancers/historians Linda Tomko and Jill Chardoff. Also featured are LACO principals Tereza Stanislav, assistant concertmaster; Sarah Thornblade, associate principal violin II; Roland Kato, principal viola; Victoria Miskolczy, associate principal viola; and Armen Ksajikian, associate principal cello. In signature LACO style, the artists share their insights into the music and dances from the stage and invite questions from the audience about the program, which includes Vivaldi's Trio Sonata in D minor, RV 63, Op. 1, No. 12, "La folia" ("Madness"); Sanz's Pavanas and Canarios from Instrucción de Musica Sobre la Guitarra Española; Ganspeck's Overture in A major for Viola d'Amore and Violin; Soler's Fandango in D minor, S. 146; and selections from Campra's Les fêtes vénitiennes ("The Venetian Festivals") and L'Europe galante ("Galant Europe"), as well as from Lully's Atys and Rameau's Dardanus. A pre-concert reception, beginning at 6 pm, is free to all ticket holders.
LACO's "Baroque Conversations" series explores the genesis of orchestral repertoire from early Baroque schools through the pre-classical period.
Tickets ($50) are on sale now and may be purchased online at laco.org, by calling LACO at 213 622 7001, or at the venue box office on the night of the concert, if tickets remain. Student rush tickets ($10), based on availability, may be purchased at the box office the day of the concert.


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text: NASA's Mars Science Laboratory is on its way. In a little more than a month, the 1-ton rover, which launched in November, will descend to the Martian surface. The nuclear-powered robot is designed to make spectacular new discoveries about the Red Planet. It will drill and analyze the Martian soil to search for signs of water, past or present, and determine whether or not the planet was ever able to support life. MSL dwarfs its immediate predecessors, the rovers Spirit and Opportunity and could almost crush the first Martian rover, Sojourner, beneath one wheel. Bringing a robot this large down safely necessitates a never-before-attempted landing system, though the increased size has let scientists pack 10 state-of-the-art instruments aboard and should allow the robot to rove farther than any before. "Every time we land a new rover on Mars, our ability to understand the surface increases tremendously," said geologist John Grotzinger of Caltech who is the project scientist for the mission. While scientists don't know exactly what new findings await the rover, they have good ideas of what they want to look for. The first few weeks of MSL's life on Mars are already planned out in detail and after the mission starts in earnest, researchers have a number of targets they are eager to explore. Here, Wired takes a look at MSL's game plan after it gets its wheels on the ground on Aug. 5, and the early discoveries scientists are hoping to make. Above: Nail-Biting Landing MSL's sky crane represents a brand new way to get a rover down to the surface of Mars. When the lander approaches the ground, it will fire rockets and hover 25 feet over the surface and then gently lower the robot down on wires. This landing system represents the limits of current technology, making MSL the largest mass to ever touch down on the Red Planet. The new method doesn't ruffle the science team too much. "We're actually really excited about the fact that we've got this guided entry capability," said Grotzinger, adding that it allowed researchers to pinpoint their landing site with greater precision than ever. "People get nervous about sky crane, but it's really a better landing system from a safety point of view." Image: NASA/JPL-CaltechStretching Out Like a newborn flexing its fingers, MSL will need to test out its various instruments after reaching the surface. The rover's first six days are already planned out in exacting detail. The scripted regimen will make sure everything is in working order and returning early sample data to scientists on Earth. Previous rovers were ready to roll after only a day or two of logistics but MSL will need nearly a week to complete this testing phase. During the robot's first day on Mars, it will calibrate instruments and return its first color image, said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the mission. "The camera is aimed outward, so we should get a pretty nice-looking view of the landscape in whatever direction we're pointed," he said. On the second day the rover will use its various gadgets to look at the surrounding soil composition and take a full 360-degree camera shot of the area. During this initial check, MSL will scope out nearby areas of interest. The science team may decide to move to a new area, do some scooping and drilling, take samples, and analyze them. There is a good chance that the rover will land next to layered sedimentary bedrock, a potentially exciting circumstance. On Earth, these rocks are often a storehouse for ancient biological materials and organic carbon. If anything equivalent exists on Mars, it might turn up. After the first few weeks, the rover will complete its early test phase. "We'll have used every instrument and device on the rover," said Grotzinger. "Then we get the keys and begin the science in earnest." Image: MSL can fire a targeted laser to vaporize a small bit of Martian soil or rock and analyze the resulting smoke. NASA/JPL-CaltechCheck for Methane For the last decade or so, scientists have detected something strange wafting around the atmosphere of Mars: methane. This simple compound is notable because it tends not to stick around for along time and needs to be continuously replenished. Though volcanoes produce it, here on Earth one major source of methane is living organisms. Could the gas similarly indicate life on Mars? As yet, the findings remain controversial. Some scientists say they have absolutely detected methane while other researchers have failed to find any. MSL will hopefully provide a definitive confirmation or denial. Within the first 10 days after landing, the rover will be rotated to point upwind, and then it will literally sniff the air. An instrument specifically designed to analyze organics and gases from the atmosphere will try to detect methane. "If there is methane in the atmosphere of Mars, it would be a major discovery," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the mission. The finding would bolster that case for living creatures on present-day Mars. Even if MSL finds nothing on its initial sniff, it doesn't doom the methane prospects. The methane could appear intermittently, perhaps triggered by changes in the seasons. The rover will continue scoping out methane gas for at least a Martian year. If it still fails to find anything, scientists will have to go back to the drawing board and try to understand why they ever thought there should be methane in the first place. Image: An artist's conception of MSL on the Martian surface. NASA/JPL-CaltechRocky Landing MSL will land inside of Gale crater, an ancient impact site between 3.5 and 4 billion years old. The area has been extensively mapped from satellites in orbit but the rocks in this area show a curious combination of properties: They are simultaneously very bright yet trap heat easily. Rocks that hold onto heat very well are typically dark in color, like lava flows. Bright rocks tend to be porous and full of air holes that don't retain heat. Figuring out the exact composition of the bedrock that MSL lands on will be the mission's first major challenge. "Right off the bat, we're landing on something that we're very curious about," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the mission. Scientists think that, billions of years ago, Gale crater was filled with water, which would have made the rocks at MSL's landing site porous and bright. One possibility is that water flowed through this rock at a later date, depositing minerals, making it denser and better able to retain heat. MSL's investigations will hopefully help figure out the complex aqueous history of the area. Image: MSL's landing site, Gale Crater, contains a number of sites that scientists are eager to explore. The yellow circle indicates MSL's potential landing ellipse. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/UAYoung Craters After MSL gets its bearings and starts driving, it will head to the bottom of Mt. Sharp, a large hill at the center of Gale crater. On its way to the mountain's base, the rover will likely pass small craters created within the last 100,000 years. The science team hopes to use these impacts – which will likely have blown out chunks of interesting bedrock — to investigate the area in detail. Though the robot is equipped with a drill, the small punctures will provide an unparalleled window into the upper layers of the Martian bedrock. Determining the composition of these layers could turn up interesting minerals that will help tease out the history of the area. Image: Small craters dot the floor of Gale crater. NASA/JPL/University of ArizonaPhyllosilicate Landscape Six to nine months after landing, MSL should arrive at the base of Mt. Sharp and begin climbing. This 3-mile-high massif in the center of Gale crater is much more like a shield volcano on Hawaii than K2. The slope is shallow enough that the rover will be able to simply drive up the mountain Near the bottom, MSL should encounter phyllosilicates, a type of clay mineral, which often form in the presence of lots of water. Investigations of these minerals could provide details about the water that once flowed in this region, such as how acidic it was. If the water was fairly neutral, it could be a good indication for the possibility of ancient Martian life. The clays are likely also good at sequestering organic chemistry, if it ever existed. MSL will scoop up soil samples and analyze them for organic carbon. Not finding carbon, though, wouldn't rule out the possibility that there was ever life. Even on Earth, a place we know has been teeming with life for billions of years, organic carbon does not always preserve well. The problem is that water circulating through rocks tends to break down any evidence of life. "On Earth we've learned an important lesson: Where you get water you can get life but where you get water you can also destroy any chemical evidence of it," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the mission. Image: Layers of clay minerals await MSL at the bottom of Mt. Sharp. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/UAStrange Fractures Once MSL begins climbing Mt. Sharp, it will come to a number of strange locations. Coming over one ridge, it will suddenly encounter an enormous fracture network. These features formed when geological processes broke the ground into large rectangular shapes, generating deep crevices. Over million of years, the areas were filled with minerals. The features are of interest because the deep crevices may have once provided a potentially habitable underground environment. MSL will drill down into the mineral deposits within the fracture network and sample them, perhaps turning up evidence of past life or good habitable conditions. The MSL team hopes to reach this spot within two years of landing on Mars. Image: MSL will investigate the strange fracture networks on Mt. Sharp. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of ArizonaWhat's Next? Once MSL reaches the two-year point, it will have completed its scheduled science mission. "After that the warranty expires and we're officially living on borrowed time," said John Grotzinger, project scientist for the mission. But the rover will have only made it a half-mile up Mt. Sharp in that time. The team hopes the rover will still have enough juice – and NASA funding – to continue on with their explorations. Past rovers provide a good indication of robustness. The Spirit and Opportunity robots were initially scheduled for a three-month mission. Spirit made it for six years before shutting down while Opportunity is still roving around the surface nearly eight years after landing. In all likelihood, the mission designers will choose to continue sending MSL up the mountain. Scientists are eager to explore the transition point where evidence for liquid water in Mars' history ends. Searching this area could give them insight into how and why Mars went from being a wet world to the arid planet it is today – the details of which remain unresolved. While MSL is billed as a mission searching for habitable areas, even finding no evidence for organics will be beneficial to scientists, said Grotzinger. The evolution of life on Earth was dependent on its environment. If organisms never evolved on Mars, being able to contrast and compare the two environments could provide great insight into our own biosphere. Grotzinger brings up the famous thought experiment suggested by evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould: If you could rewind the tape of life on Earth and run it again, how much would be inevitable and how much would depend on historical accident? Going to Mars is like replaying the tape, he said. "We can see the early evolution of a terrestrial planet that's really Earth-like." Image: The proposed pathway that MSL will take during its first two years on the Martian surface. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/UA


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Land Deals
Soaring demand for food, fuel and other commodities is cranking up pressure on land, but the sector remains largely unregulated internationally.
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Rubber Barons
Vietnam's two biggest rubber companies are moving into Cambodia and Laos, seizing farmland, flouting land and forest protection laws and wrecking local livelihoods.
LandBlog post
Corruption is allowing loggers and land grabbers to run amok in Laos
Revelations of a US$ 150 million hole in state coffers – the cost of corruption since 2012.
LandPress Release
European leaders hosted on land grab site in Laos for key summit
Read about this story in the Daily Telegraph European and Asian leaders attending the ninth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 9) in Vientiane, Laos next week will stay in luxury villas built on land taken from local communities.
Dec. 21, 2012
Largely overlooked by the international community since suffering heavy bombing during the Vietnam War, Laos recorded the fastest growing economy in Southeast Asia in 2012. A decade of surging growth has attracted investor attention, with agribusinesses from nearby countries like China and Vietnam flooding in to cash in on an abundance of arable land and cheap labour.
Press Release / Aug. 20, 2014
Vietnam Rubber Group says its doors are now open to people affected by plantations in Cambodia and Laos
This press release, copies of the Vietnam Rubber Group decision and details on how to use the complaints mechanism are all available in English, Vietnamese, Lao and Khmer at the bottom of the page. Vietnam's state-owned rubber giant, Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG), has announced steps to reform how it does business in neighbouring Cambodia and Laos, in response to requests by Global Witness and local groups for the company to respect national laws and citizens' rights.
Press Release / Feb. 9, 2014
Cambodian communities submit complaint to World Bank over bankrolling of Vietnamese rubber giant behind land grabs and human rights abuse
Global Witness welcomes and supports a complaint submitted to the International Financial Corporation (IFC) today by Cambodian communities whose lives have been devastated by Vietnamese rubber baron Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL). The IFC – the private lending arm of the World Bank – invests in HAGL, a company responsible for environmental and human rights abuses in their plantations in both Cambodia and Laos.
Press Release / Dec. 12, 2013
Credit Suisse ignored human rights commitments and became major shareholder in Vietnamese rubber giant 2 weeks after land grab scandal
Credit Suisse became the largest institutional shareholder in Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) just two weeks after Global Witness exposed a range of environmental and human rights abuses in the company's plantations in Cambodia and Laos. Such action is in direct contravention of Credit Suisse's commitments to human rights, the campaign group revealed today (1). The disclosures come as another investor confirmed it had divested from HAGL as a result of the Global Witness findings (2).
Press Release / Nov. 29, 2013
Deutsche Bank divests from Vietnamese land grabber HAGL following Global Witness' expose
Deutsche Bank no longer holds any significant stock in Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Global Witness has learned. The decision comes after the campaign group's research revealed a wide range of environmental and human rights abuses in HAGL's plantations in Cambodia and Laos.
Press Release / Nov. 13, 2013
Global Witness calls for investors to drop Vietnamese rubber giant HAGL over failure to reform on land grabs
Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) has failed to keep to commitments to address environmental and human rights abuses in its plantations in Cambodia and Laos, Global Witness said today. The campaign group says the company now poses a financial and reputational risk to its investors, including Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation, and recommends they divest.


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I haven't posted much lately because I got sick. Hopefully it's nothing serious. But here's the roster. Good luck Dodgers!
From the Dodgers -
The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced their 25-man roster for the 2013 National League Division Series, which begins tonight with Game 1 at Turner Field in Atlanta. First pitch is scheduled for 8:37 p.m. ET/5:37 p.m. PT.
The Dodgers will carry 11 pitchers and 14 position players. The roster is as follows:
Pitchers (11) Position Players (14)
RHP Ronald Belisario OF Carl Crawford
LHP Chris Capuano C A.J. Ellis
RHP Zack Greinke 2B Mark Ellis
LHP J.P. Howell OF Andre Ethier
RHP Kenley Jansen C Tim Federowicz
LHP Clayton Kershaw 1B Adrian Gonzalez
RHP Ricky Nolasco IF Dee Gordon
LHP Paco Rodriguez OF Yasiel Puig
LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu IF Nick Punto
RHP Brian Wilson SS Hanley Ramirez
RHP Chris Withrow IF/OF Skip Schumaker
3B Juan Uribe
IF/OF Scott Van Slyke
IF Michael Young
The NLDS continues tomorrow night with Game 2 at 6:07 p.m. ET/3:07 p.m. PT at Turner Field.
The series shifts to Los Angeles on Sunday with Game 3 (Time TBD) at Dodger Stadium. Game 4 (if necessary) is scheduled for Monday (TBD) and Game 5 (if necessary) would be played on Wednesday, October 9 at Turner Field (time to be determined).
Thursday, October 3, 2013
2013 Dodgers NLDS Roster
4 comments:
- gtee3 said...
get well soon Roberto cuz were in for a lot of fun
- October 3, 2013 at 12:31 PM
- PJ said...
sorry to hear that Roberto. Hope you can enjoy the game today!
- October 6, 2013 at 9:01 AM
- KEMVP27 said...
Get well soon amigo. We all wish you a speedy recovery and my prayers are with you and you're family.
- October 9, 2013 at 11:38 PM
- Jayvee said...
I hope you get well soon. You are missed.
- October 11, 2013 at 9:45 AM
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Big Money Talks: Calculating True Motor Efficiency
EP Editorial Staff | July 9, 2010
The Energy Independence Security Act of 2007 (EISA) becomes law December 19, 2010. A portion of EISA covers induction motors from 1-500 hp. It's safe to say most end users will be affected.
What does EISA have to do with calculating true motor efficiency? More than you would think. At some point, you'll need to replace a motor covered by EISA. Replacing it with a duplicate that meets the new law would seem to make perfect sense. Not so fast! Before rushing a purchase order through, take time to determine:
- Motor efficiency versus nameplate
- Motor efficiency versus load
To clarify: Yes, you'll improve overall efficiency around two efficiency points by replacing a standard efficient motor with a new EISA premium efficient model. There's much more to be gained, however, by making a few calculations.
Motor nameplate data doesn't identify precise motor efficiency—only a range as defined by NEMA. An induction motor is highly efficient when operating close to its rated torque and speed, but it still has five major components of loss: iron loss, copper loss, frictional loss, windage loss and sound loss. Together, they add up to the total loss of the motor.
Frictional, windage and sound losses are constant, independent of shaft load and typically very small. The major losses are from iron and copper. Iron loss is essentially constant and independent of shaft load, while copper represents a I2R loss, which is shaft-load dependent. Since iron loss is voltage-dependent, it will reduce with reducing voltage.
Most electric motors are designed to run at 50% to 100% of rated load, with maximum efficiency usually near 75%. Thus, a 10 hp motor has an acceptable load range of 5 hp to 10 hp, with peak efficiency at 7.5 hp. Motor efficiency tends to decrease dramatically below about 50% load. The range of good efficiency, however, varies with individual motors and tends to extend over a broader range for larger units. A motor is considered under-loaded when it's in the range where efficiency drops significantly with decreasing load. Throw in a poor motor rewind, and you could have a far-less-efficient motor than the nameplate data indicates.
It is also a well-known fact that motor pumping systems (most pumps are motor-driven) operate at less than 40% efficiency. Clearly, there's an opportunity to save additional energy by reducing the size of the motor.
Keep these points in mind when you set out to calculate true motor efficiency:
- Use power, amperage or slip measurements to identify the load imposed on the operating motor.
- Obtain a motor part-load efficiency value consistent with the approximated load from the manufacturer. Or, if direct-read power measurements are available, derive a revised load estimate using both the power measurement at the motor terminals and the part-load efficiency.
If your company tracks energy savings and justifies projects based on documented payback, evaluating your motor performance/load is important. Help is out there. Several commercially available devices will do these calculations for you. If you don't have the resources within your plant to make the calculations, contact a local EASA (Electrical Apparatus Service Association) shop that offers
this service. UM
Bill Livoti is a fluid power and power industry engineer with Baldor Electric Company. Telephone: (864) 281-2118; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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NanoV: Nanowire-based VLSI Design
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In the coming decade, CMOS technology is expected to approach its scaling limitations. Among the proposed nanotechnologies, nanowires have the edge in the size of circuits and logic arrays that have already been fabricated and experimentally evaluated. For this technology, logic-level design methodologies are being developed. The time has now come to develop automated tools for implementing VLSI designs using nanowires. In this project, we present a design automation tool, called NanoV, to fulfill this need for nanowires. It is a complete logic-to-layout tool with built-in defect-aware steps since the defect levels in nanotechnologies are expected to be relatively high (between 1 to 10%). We calculate area/delay/power results for given circuit definitions implemented using our tool.
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Local Area Attractions Near Okeechobee KOA
Okeechobee, centrally located in Florida on the north shore of Lake Okeechobee, provides an escape from hustle and bustle with convenience to Florida attractions and beaches within a short drive. Lake Okeechobee, also know as Florida's Inland Sea, is the largest freshwater lake in the state of Florida and provides 710 square miles of pristine freshwater boating, fishing and bird watching opportunities.
Nine-Hole Golf Course and Putting Green
Enjoy our 9-Hole par 34 regulation golf course with practice green and large driving range right here on our resort.
Seminole Casino Brighton
Put a little excitement in your day with a trip to the casino! Enjoy 240 gaming machines, ten poker tables and 500 high-stakes bingo seats. There is also a restaurant and lounge for you to relax in. Open daily at 10:00 a.m. Located on the Brighton Indian Reservation in Okeechobee off Highway 721.
Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail
This trail is great for hiking, biking, running or just taking a leisurely stroll! Designated as a segment of the Florida National Scenic Trail, this trail circles the second largest freshwater lake in the contiguous United States. The trail itself is located atop the Herbert Hoover Dike, which surrounds the lake for flood protection, and provides views ranging from scenic lakeside to working agricultural landscapes. It also takes users near and through communities that are at the heart of agriculture in this part of the state, such as Clewiston and Belle Glade. The area affords opportunities for viewing wildlife, particularly in fall and winter, when birds such as herons, egrets, and a variety of wintering waterfowl are abundant. And of course, fishing opportunities are endless.
Boat Rentals on Lake Okeechobee
Located at the J & S Fish Camp Lake O Boat Rentals offers Pontoon, Bass and Jon Boats starting at $60.00. Half or full days available. Live bait, tackle and fuel available. Base camp at Okeechobee KOA and plan a day enjoying the beauty of Lake Okeechobee.
9500 SW Conners Hwy (441)
Okeechobee, FL 34974
Marsh Beast Airboat Tours
Marsh Beast Airboat Tours is a full service airboat tour company offering you a variety of tours in South Florida. Our Goal is to give our customers the very best in comfort, safety, and an airboat tour that will be full of abundant wildlife, excitement and a pristine look at Florida that will be remembered for years.
All of our airboat tours are for one hour with multiple airboat tours throughout the day. Our Airboats are top of the line late model 22 foot Diamondback Airboats that are custom made for Airboat Tours with State of the art headsets where you can communicate with your Captain and Guide as they point out things of interest and wildlife photo opportunities. We are completely licensed and insured and all Captains are licensed with the United States Coast Guard.
Lake Okeechobee
Spend a day at Lake Okeechobee, the second largest freshwater lake entirely in the United States at 730 square miles. It is enclosed by Hoover Dike; a 20-foot high, 140-mile long levee that protects surrounding communities and doubles as a scenic trail. Enjoy boating, fishing, hiking, biking and more. See eagles, otters, bears and alligators!
Lion Country Safari
Add some adventure to your life with a safari! Drive your vehicle through over four miles of untamed wilderness. There are seven preserves with 1,000 animals roaming free. See rhinos, giraffes, elephants, lions and so much more. Enjoy the petting zoo, carnival rides and water play at the Safari World Amusement Park. Open daily 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Admission is charged. Lion Country Safari is wheelchair accessible and located in West Palm Beach, 50 miles southeast of Okeechobee, on Highway 710. (561) 793-1084
Visit Gatorland, the "Alligator Capital of the World!" This 110-acre theme park and wildlife preserve is home to thousands of alligators and crocodiles. Enjoy one-of-a-kind reptile shows, a swamp walk, an aviary and a petting zoo! Or just watch them sun and swim from the boardwalk and observation tower. Open daily 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Admission is charged. Located in Orlando, 95 miles north of Okeechobee.
Farmers' Market in Downtown Fort Pierce
Every Saturday from 8:00 am - 12 Noon enjoy breakfast or lunch along the beautiful Indian River. Locally grown fruits and vegetables, honey, pasture raised chicken and eggs, grass fed beef, seafood, baked goods, fresh roasted coffee, sauces and more are available. Enjoy live entertainment while you shop. Located along the Indian River Lagoon in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce, between the Marina and the Library on Melody Lane. For more information visit www.ftpiercefarmersmarket.com or call (772) 940-1145.
Florida Eco-Safaris at Forever Florida
Offering a fascinating look at Wild Florida, for families and groups wanting to leave Orlando's theme parks far behind. Florida Eco-Safaris at Forever Florida is located on 4,700 acres of pristine Florida wilderness and a working cattle ranch. It's 100% real (not plastic) and there's a lot to see and do for all ages. You will experience "Old Florida" charm with exhilarating and educational opportunities. Interact with native animals and birds in an ever-growing, natural setting. Features include Eco-Tour Safaris, Horseback Safaris, hiking trails, petting zoo and the Cypress Restaurant and Visitor Center. For information, call (407) 957-9794.
The New Elliott Museum
After undergoing a $20 million dollar "green" re-building, the new 48-000 square foot Elliott Museum is Martin County institution and has undergone a major re-visioning. Focusing on art, history and technology, the new Elliot Museum aims to tell the rich story of our region, capture the spirit of innovation that has left an indelible mark on the American psyche, and celebrate the power of originality. Open Monday - Sunday 10 am - 5pm.
825 Northeast Ocean Blvd
Stuart, FL 34996
Arnold's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
The goal of the Center is to rescue, rehabilitate and then return animals to the wild. For those who can't be returned, they make their home here. Visit all 27 species, including panthers, bobcats, deer, lemurs and kinkajous! Wander through the free-roaming butterfly haven. Open daily 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the winter and 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the summer. Admission: Adults $10, Children 12 and under FREE. Located in Okeechobee.
UDT Seal Museum
Visit the only museum in the world dedicated to the elite warriors of Naval Special Warfare. See exhibits preserving the weapons, equipment, vehicles and artifacts of the U.S. Navy Seals and their predecessors! Open Monday (January - April) 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Admission is charged. Located in Fort Pierce; 30 miles northeast of Okeechobee. (772) 595-5845
Spring Training
Baseball fans will love it here!
The Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie is the spring training home of the New York Mets and summer home of the St. Lucie Mets. Located 25 miles east of Okeechobee. Call 772-871-2115 for schedules and tickets.
Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter hosts the St. Louis Cardinals for spring training and is the summer home of the Jupiter Hammerheads and the Palm Beach Cardinals. Located 35 miles southeast of Okeechobee. Call 561-775-1818 for schedules. Play ball!
Florida's Freshwater Frontier
Discover Florida's outdoor experience. Plan a date with nature and be sure to make Okeechobee KOA your home base. http://www.floridafreshwaterfrontier.com
Palm Beach Zoo
Wander through the zoo that has over 23 acres of lush, tropical habitats; home to over 1,100 animals from Florida, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. See panthers, black bears, otters, alligators, tigers, jaguars and many more! Open daily 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Admission is charged. Wheelchair accessible. Located at Dreher Park in West Palm Beach; 40 miles southeast of Okeechobee, off I-95.
1301 Summit Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33405-3035
See the largest exhibit of alligators and crocodiles anywhere at Gatorama! Meet Goliath, the meanest crocodile in the country. Wander the 1,000-foot walkway and watch the prehistoric creatures swimming and sunning themselves! Enjoy the feeding shows and see the monkeys, bobcats, macaws and more. Open daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Admission is charged. Located in Palmdale, 30 miles southwest of Okeechobee on US 27.
Babcock Wilderness Adventures
See Florida as it was meant to be seen with Babcock Wilderness Adventures! Enjoy either a 90-minute swamp buggy nature tour or a three-hour off-road bicycle tour (everything is provided) through the 90,000-acre Crescent B Ranch and the Telegraph Cypress Swamp. Experienced guides will educate you about the flora and fauna, including alligators, panthers, deer and bison. Open daily by reservation only. Admission is charged. Call 800-500-5583 for reservations. Located in Punta Gorda, 50 miles west of Okeechobee off I-75.
Palm Beach International Raceway
Satisfy your "need for speed" at this state-of-the-art racing facility. There is a quarter-mile drag strip and a two and a quarter ten-turn road course to get your heart pumping. There is motorcycle racing, drag racing, car shows and other events throughout the year. Call 561-622-1400 for event schedules. Admission is charged. Located in Palm Beach Gardens, 45 miles southeast of Okeechobee on Beeline Highway State Route 710. For more information, visit the raceway online at www.racepbir.com.
National Audubon Society Wildlife Sanctuary
Trained naturalists lecture and guide tour boats through this 28,500-acre sanctuary.
Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center
Bringing the arts to life! The mission of Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center is to foster, develop and inspire the artistic awareness and appreciation of the students, residents and visitors of the Lake Okeechobee communities by engaging, exposing, educating and entertaining through accessible and diverse cultural arts.
For tickets and show schedule call (561)993-1160 or visit www.dollyhand.org
Beaches and Saltwater Activities
East Coast
Ft. Pierce - 37 miles
Jupiter - 53 miles
West Coast
Ft. Myers - 91 miles
Indian Town
Located in Western Martin County, the truly rural community of Indiantown remains unique to the rest of Florida's Treasure Coast. With a population of about 6,000, the area's residents take pride in being part of a small town. Bordered by the St. Lucie Canal, Indiantown is home to a thriving marine industry as well as Payson Park, one of the premier horse racing facilities in the country. This small town full of citrus groves, just 30 miles northwest of West Palm Beach, is ripe with opportunities for continued growth.
West Palm Beach
The City of West Palm Beach, with its sunny palm-lined streets, scenic waterfront views, quaint shopping districts, historic neighborhoods, year-round outdoor festivals, elegance and luxurious comfort are the hallmarks of this slice of paradise.
Orlando is home to many theme parks, water parks, world class shopping malls and dining. Plan a day trip from our KOA!
Fort Myers
Come to the Gulf side of Florida for shopping, fine seafood restaurants and beaches only an hour and a half drive away.


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Negligent or crooked lawyers in Scotland can be thankful for at least two weapons in their defence against complaints when a client realises they were ripped off.
The first weapon in a dishonest lawyers arsenal against such a complaint, would be the Law Society of Scotland, the legal profession's well known self regulator of complaints against solicitors, who act only as a control point to ensure their members are unaffected by even the largest client frauds, poorest levels of service, and in some cases, criminal charges.
The second, perhaps more sinister weapon a crooked lawyer can always seem to rely upon, no matter how crooked they are, is, Douglas Mill, the Law Society's very own Chief Executive of now more than ten years.
Douglas Mill - The face of the Law Society's hate, rage & intervention against client complaints & claims against crooked lawyers
Douglas Mill, a man who last year threatened both the Scottish Executive & Scottish Parliament that if it did not do as he said, he would take it to court on his own insistence that it was a lawyers 'human right' under ECHR to regulate & control complaints against legal colleagues, has a long and consistent record of intervening in complaints and financial claims made against fellow solicitors, with the sole determination to prevent success at all costs.
While the law clearly does not allow the Law Society and it's officials to intervene in financial claims against crooked solicitors, Douglas Mill has established a regular policy to do just that - prevent successful client claims against the legal profession at all costs, and intervene at-will in complaints against solicitors to guard against the possibility of a claim after a complaints investigation finds a solicitor guilty of poor service or conduct offences towards their client.
Douglas Mill has used the Law Society's policy of consistent intervention in both complaints and financial claims against solicitors many times, and continues to do so unashamedly, in an unrivalled anti consumer, prejudiced, and corrupt policy of ensuring that self regulation of solicitors in Scotland means no regulation of solicitors in Scotland.
During the Justice 2 Committee hearings on the now passed Legal Profession & Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007, an act I would remind you all the Scottish Conservatives tried to stop on behalf of the Law Society of Scotland, Douglas Mill was brought before the Justice 2 Committee to explain his involvement in cases of complaint & financial claims against solicitors.
Douglas Mill explained to the Justice 2 Committee he had no such involvement, and as you can see from the earlier except from those Committee hearings, swore on oath and on his 'granny's grave' he had never intervened in such a case.
Douglas Mill swore on his 'granny's grave' he was a liar ?
However, the Cabinet Secretary for Business, John Swinney MSP, has a different view of matters, which was revealed at that same Committee hearing, when Mr Swinney revealed a secret memo penned by Douglas Mill himself, seeking to intervene & collate information on claims made by Mr Swinney's constituent, Mr Stewart MacKenzie, in a case which has lasted now 22 years and still remains to be resolved to this day.
Douglas Mill, challenged by John Swinney over the content of that memo, had no explanation other than to lie to the Scottish Parliament and deny any such involvement, yet as John Swinney points out, the memo shows Mill's intervention to be the case, and what's more a consistent policy of intervention where none is allowed
John Swinney challenges Douglas Mill over his secret memos, finds Mill's explanations somewhat lacking reality ...
There is little doubt from the evidence of Douglas Mill's own memos in the MacKenzie case, that a concerted & determined policy of intervention in financial claims against lawyers has existed at the Law Society of Scotland for many years, and has been widely successful in protecting a great number of crooked lawyers and the legal profession's insurance scheme from paying out huge damages awards.
Douglas Mill's memos - a policy of interference in claims & complaints :
It could even be that Douglas Mill learned his skills from his mentor, former Law Society Boss Kenneth Pritchard (now a Sheriff) who himself operated the same policy of intervention against clients claims & complaints against solicitors, even going so far as to order clients solicitors to cease their representation in critical legal cases which I reported earlier in the following story : Law Society intervention in claims 'commonplace' as ex Chief admits Master Policy protects solicitors against clients
Law Society boss Kenneth Pritchard intervenes in a claim, ordering solicitors to cease representing their client who is suing firms of lawyers
I have of course, felt the wrath of Douglas Mill's direct intervention in my own case against crooked lawyer Andrew Penman, where Mr Mill even felt so spiteful & protective of his crooked colleague, he had to personally intervene in my claim for civil legal aid to pursue Mr Penman and the Law Society for damages over Mr Penman's plundering of my family's assets.
It was simply not in the interests of Douglas Mill, the Law Society of Scotland, and Mr Penman, that I be allowed access to justice or legal services, so they made sure the door was closed on my legal aid funding.
Douglas Mill intervenes with the Legal Aid Board to block legal aid claims
Douglas Mill's intervention in my case to block my legal aid was reported in the Scotsman newspaper here :
Douglas Mill spikes legal aid claim to get crooked lawyers & himself off the hook
Not content with ensuring I had no access to justice or legal services, Douglas Mill dispatched Mr Philip Yelland, the Law Society's Director of Regulation, to order my own solicitors not to take instructions from me in any case I wanted to raise against crooked lawyer Andrew Penman or the Law Society itself.
Philip Yelland - Director of Regulation orders a lawyer suing crooked Borders lawyer Andrew Penman not to take instructions from clients
You can read more about the Andrew Penman case and the Scotsman's coverage of my battle with the Law Society of Scotland over how they failed to prosecute Mr Penman, then went on to obstruct me from getting to court here : Andrew Penman & Norman Howitt : Lawyer & accountant team up to ruin Cherbi executry estate
We are left with no doubt after reading the above, that Douglas Mill and indeed the Law Society of Scotland, operate a concerted policy of intervention against client complaints against solicitors and financial claims for damages, to the point that it is their unashamed policy to ensure complaints against solicitors, and claims for compensation as a result of negligence, dishonest, or other malpractice are obstructed to ensure no success whatsoever and that anyone who tries to raise such a case, or challenges the point of view of the Law Society of Scotland has their right of access to justice, access to the courts & access to legal services denied.
Douglas Mill and the Law Society of Scotland's intervention against client complaints & financial claims against solicitors doesn't stop there though, and reeling from the Scotsman's coverage of my battle with the Law Society in the 1990s over crooked lawyer Andrew Penman, Douglas Mill and others at the Law Society have on several occasions in a now regular policy of intervention with the media, called up newspapers & journalists even in person, to censor newspaper articles before publication and even threaten journalists careers.
Read the following for a run down on how the Law Society handle the Scottish press from time to time : The Law Society of Scotland's policy of censorship towards the media
Then, of course, there was the Law Society's media attempt to close down my blog and silence all critics on the back of the attack on the Law Society's Chief Accountant Leslie Cumming, which it seems was carried out by some of the Law Society's own crooked lawyers ...
John Swinney, the Cabinet Secretary for Business in the SNP's Scottish Government understands and recognises both Douglas Mill & the Law Society of Scotland's concerted policy of intervention in claims & complaints against solicitors to ensure destruction of such client's chances of obtaining a measure of justice, to be the case.
John Swinney knows of such policies only too well. Mr Swinney has viewed piles of evidence, files, papers, media coverage, even revealing evidence in the Scottish Parliament himself, illustrating without a doubt, a general corruption in the Law Society's procedures & attitude against not only clients complaints & claims against solicitors, but also a generally prejudiced and provocative attitude towards & against the public interest.
John Swinney, after all, has a constituent who has been through some of the worst experiences of prejudiced anti client regulation from the Law Society of Scotland, much of it at the hands of Douglas Mill himself.
John Swinney, also understands a great many other people in Scotland have also had their complaints and financial claims against solicitors ruined, as a result of the same policies practiced by Douglas Mill, Philip Yelland, and others at the Law Society of Scotland.
Kenny MacAskill, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, does not accept this to be the case, indeed, Mr MacAskill, an ardent supporter of Douglas Mill, self regulation by the Law Society of Scotland to ensure control of all complaints, and it seems, a supporter of the legal professions such hateful, harmful policies of anti client prejudice when it comes to complaints & access to justice, has went further and condemned anyone who takes issue with the Law Society's own point of view that it must do as it pleases without recourse, honesty, accountability, or transparency.
Why, one may ask, the radical differences between these two Cabinet colleagues ?
Kenny MacAskill is of course, a solicitor, and thus a member of the Law Society of Scotland.
John Swinney is not a solicitor and is not a member of the Law Society of Scotland.
Kenny MacAskill has stated many times it is his aim to defend the profession from anyone who misrepresents it - but Mr MacAskill really means he will defend the Law Society of Scotland against anyone who disagrees with it, for it is not with the general agreement of the unable-to-vote entire Scots legal profession membership that the Law Society of Scotland, and Doulgas Mill, drags it down into the gutter.
John Swinney has stated many times there are significant problems with the Law Society of Scotland's attitude towards handling client complaints and financial claims made against very obviously crooked solicitors. Mr Swinney accepts there are policies of direct involvement & intervention by the most senior Law Society officials made in efforts to thwart a client's access to justice & legal representation, to prevaricate & even destroy financial claims made against crooked lawyers, and Mr Swinney, importantly, does not accept, like most of us, Douglas Mill's so obviously false claim the Law Society has never intervened in cases to the harm & detriment of clients ...
Of the two Cabinet Ministers, which one is correct ? John Swinney or Kenny MacAskill ? Who as the bigger axe to grind to protect his professional colleagues, compared to the bigger axe to grind representing the community at large ?
Clearly, Kenny MacAskill, lacking impartiality, and in such awe of his legal colleagues, has of course, the bigger axe to grind in protecting the likes of Douglas Mill and the Law Society of Scotland from regulatory change in favour of the client ...
Clearly, Kenny MacAskill, a member of the Law Society of Scotland, will always, as he has said himself in the media & the Parliament, defend the Law Society of Scotland and the legal profession against anyone who disagrees with it's point of view.
Clearly, that is a dangerous position for a Cabinet Secretary of Justice - to be so overtly hostile against the public interest in favour of his own professional body who would benefit from no change at all, no reform, no transparency, no accountability, no honesty, no will to review & resolve the sins of the past ...
John Swinney, on the other hand, is doing nothing more than his duty - to represent the community, the wider public interest of us, the Scottish people, and his constituents who sought his help and are receiving it against a monolithic, greedy, corrupt system of self regulation of lawyers which surely must fall, along with anyone daft enough to support it.
John Swinney understands clearly and accepts the need for change to the terrible way in which clients of crooked lawyers have been treated for years in Scotland. John Swinney has campaigned for and continues to seek a resolution to the terrible corruption at the Law Society of Scotland, while Kenny MacAskill seeks to protect it.
Perhaps its now time for Alex Salmond as First Minister, to show his badge of office, and clear up this terrible injustice, terrible inconsistency, and terrible protectionism by an SNP Justice Secretary of a terribly corrupt institution, the Law Society of Scotland.
Justice, fairness, fair play, accountability and trustworthy dependable legal services - it's not much for Scotland to ask and expect, is it Mr Salmond ?


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